A combination of regular classroom teaching with the use of resources available on the Moodle platform has been designed to foster the development of skills for learning to learn for students in an undergraduate general chemistry course. The use of the Moodle platform essentially aimed at strengthening the students' prior knowledge of…

This paper reports a project in which researchers at universities in Japan explored the use of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) practices by developing a learning module intended to help improve students' scores on the TOEIC Listening and Reading Tests. MALL practices are currently being developed at universities in Japan because almost…

Intended to help reading-limited students meet course objectives, these 11 modules are based on instructional materials in cosmetology that have a higher readability equivalent. Modules cover bacteriology, chemical waving, scalp and hair massage, chemistry, hair shaping, hairstyling, chemical hair relaxing, hair coloring, skin and scalp,…

This unit emphasizes the integration of software in a focus on the classroom instruction process. Student activities are based on plans and ideas for instructional units presented by a teacher who describes and demonstrates the activities. Integration has occurred when computer applications are included in an instructional activity. This guide…

These 14 learning activity packets (LAPs) are self-paced study lessons that allow students to proceed along a course of study for WordPerfect 4.2 word processing at their own pace. Lessons are presented in a "read and do" format. A review concludes each lesson. The lessons cover getting started; underline, bold, centering, auto indent,…

Describes a cognitive approach to designing instruction that uses schema theory and illustrates an instructional application of schema theory using a self-instructional interactive videodisc to teach a medical skill. Guidelines for instructional design and development are discussed, including knowledge acquisition, contextual clues, and learning…

This North Carolina project utilizes computer technology to engage students in activities that encourage them to become well-informed voters. The activities are organized into four separate modules. The first module contains student activities designed specifically for the 1992 Presidential election. These activities include: media research,…

This curriculum guide helps students learn the technical skills of the occupation of homemaking. It also uses the process model of practical reasoning to assist men and women in taking action regarding the perennial problems that face individuals and families living in the world society. The first section provides the philosophy, aim, student…

This learning activity packet (LAP) contains nine self-paced study lessons that allow students to proceed along a a 43-hour course of study for dBase III Plus at their own pace. The lessons are organized in the following way: objectives, completion standard, performance standard, a list of required materials, unit test, and exercises (applications…

This learning activity packet (LAP) contains five self-paced study lessons that allow students to proceed along a 22-hour course of study for dBase III Plus Advanced at their own pace. It continues the introductory dBase III Plus course. The lessons are organized in the following way: objectives, completion standard, performance standard, a list…

Designed to assist media specialists in planning computer-related library instruction for students, this guide emphasizes the use of the computer as a teaching tool and contains activities which teach students how to use the computer to store, access, and manipulate data. A scope and sequence chart indicates the skills required to meet 10…

This learning activity packet (LAP) contains 11 self-paced study lessons that allow students to proceed along a 36-hour course of study for Lotus 1-2-3 at their own pace. The lessons are organized in the following way: objectives, completion and performance standards, a list of required materials, unit test, and exercises (applications of the…

This twenty-eighth in a series of twenty-nine learning modules on instructional execution is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in developing the skills needed to plan for and use programmed instruction, either in the form of written texts or through teaching machines. Introductory sections relate the…

This training package is designed for use by staff of the U.S. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training who are participating in a course dealing with apprenticeship in the future. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: employment trends of the future (computers, robotics, communications, growth and declining…